#hackru

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me getting judged hard as hell at HackRU

[themandalorlan]

Hey guys! Sry I haven't been active recently, I attended my first hackathon this weekend - HackRU and it was great!! I hung out with the Bloomberg reps, solved a really difficult puzzle and even got the recruiter's email!! But anyway, I've got another paper due tmr so :P

[masherydev]

Photo Recap HackRU Fall 2014 - Intel Edisons, Rotten Tomatoes and Beats Make Winners

Mashery evangelists Amit Jotwani and Rex St John were on site at this year's Fall HackRU (powered by Hacker League) for a lively 24-hour hackathon with #inteliot Edison devices. Here are a few of the highlights.

Our winner this year was MediaMatch: Winner of Best App built using Mashery API Network, who took home air hockey tables and Basis watches.

[masherydev]

HackRU: A Scarlet Night of Hacking

Last week, Rutgers University hosted their fourth bi-annual hackathon. Definitely one of my favorite college hackathons. Quite appropriate for it to be the last hackathon of the official MLH season. I like how HackRU stands out with its 24 hour hackathon format, while 36 hour seems to be popular among other colleges. I feel like 24 hours is just the perfect time needed to keep the balance between aspiration and keeping it real. It leaves you with no time to waste and you get right down on the money. At the end of it, you are absolutely exhausted, but hold your head hight with immense pride and gratitude. That’s what a hackathon is about.

Kudos to HackRU for trying out something different and delivering beautifully - from amazing hacks, to keeping the developers well fed, to keeping the energy alive at the giant Athletics Center.

Quick Look

Over the weekend of 12-13 April 2014, Rutgers University hosted their fourth HackRU.

Held at the giant Athletics Center at Rutgers campus, HackRU was a lot of fun and witnessed some really cool hacks built over just 24 hours by students not just from various colleges, but even high school and middle schools!

Over 500 developers attended from various schools and colleges.

5 Mashery hacks built using APIs from the Mashery network, including Food Essentials, Rotten Tomatoes, and USA TODAY APIs.

Over 75 hacks were built in less than 24 hours.

Science fair style demos for the 75+ hacks built. Top 10 got to demo.

The student organizers did a great job at planning and executing yet another successful HackRU.

Best hack built using Mashery API

What Am I Eating?: An Android app that lets you get more details on the food items you’re consuming. Using the Food Essentials API, the app allows you to scan the bar code of a food item and then gives you nutrition information on its ingredients. “What am I Eating” was liked by all the judges and caught everyone by surprise with how useful and polished the app was. The fact that it was built by a solo developer in high school, who was at her first ever hackathon was just icing on the cake.

Complete list of hacks built at HackRU here on Hacker League